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From: reeder@reed.UUCP (Doug Reeder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Specification Language for unattended file transfers
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Date: 5 Jan 91 06:21:06 GMT
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Reply-To: reeder@reed.UUCP (Doug Reeder)
Organization: Tether Propulsion Division, Institute of Knowledge, Jinx
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1) Does anyone here know of an existing language (macro or otherwise)
suitable for the specification of unattended file transfers with systems
geared toward human interaction?  I am thinking of a language where one
would name the files one desired transferred and the methods of: logging in,
telling the remote system to start a YMODEM (for example) transfer, and so
on.  

2) Failing that, what are your suggestions for the form of such a language?
And also, what algorithms would you suggest a program use to carry out such
unattended file transfers?

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